Michael Blair: Partner
- Mike holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Missouri – St. Louis.
- Mike began his career in recruiting back in 1993 with Snelling and Snelling Personnel in St. Louis, MO and then moved to Kansas City with Career Alternatives/Linde Group.
- After 2 years of experience within the recruiting industry Mike started the Blair Consulting Group and placed administrative and professional personnel within the Kansas City Metro area.
- In 2004 the Blair Consulting Group became Abacus Search & Staffing and now is a CPA and Professional Management Recruiting and Placement firm.
Loren Cunningham: Partner
- Loren holds a Bachelor degree in Accounting from William Jewell College in Liberty, MO.
- Loren started his career with McGladrey & Pullen, one of the nation’s top 10 CPA firms, as an auditor.
- After gaining experience in public accounting Loren joined Accounting Solutions (now Parker & Lynch), a nation wide Accounting search firm as an executive recruiter.
- Loren joined Abacus Search in August of 2001 and then became 1 of the partners and 2 owners of the firm in March 2004.
- He now has over 17 years of recruiting experience in the accounting industry and has always held a focus of placing “Big 4” and “Large Regional” CPAs.
Michael J. Blair mike@abacus95.com Ext. 300
Loren Cunningham loren@abacus95.com Ext. 301
John Tarr jtarr@abacuslegalmanagement.co Ext. 302 (Legal Director)
Associates:
- Ariana Lewis – ariana@abacus95.com Ext. 308
- Jacqueline Hepburn – jacqueline@abacus95.com Ext. 305
- Dan Arst – darst@abacuslegalmanagement.co Ext. 303 (Legal Division)
- Matt Riley – matt@abacus95.com Ext. 304
- Barbara Starr – barbara@abacus95.com 404-585-4882 (Insurance Division)
- John Wisniewski – john@abacus95.com 267-456-7725 (NE Division)